105
105
Dec 21, 2012
12/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 105
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan, you talked about him. what is going on with these red states with guys like you who are in all white districts, you are protesting against president obama because you were raised in a time when you thought you were better than everyone else. taxes need to be raised. also, reagan redressed and it changed social security. taxes need to be raced. georgia is one of the poorest states. guest: thank you for the call, james. i am not protesting president obama. i think his policies have failed. you talk about education and bank in georgia, the average teacher salary i think is $54,000 a year. in georgia, it is $52,815 a year. nationwide, the average teacher's salary is $44,000 a year so we are paying our teachers in georgia a higher average salary than the national average. you are right. the educational system in georgia is one of the lowest. why is that? we have to focus on those problems paying than president reagan was a big spender but he had a democrat congress to deal with for six of the eight years he was
ronald reagan, you talked about him. what is going on with these red states with guys like you who are in all white districts, you are protesting against president obama because you were raised in a time when you thought you were better than everyone else. taxes need to be raised. also, reagan redressed and it changed social security. taxes need to be raced. georgia is one of the poorest states. guest: thank you for the call, james. i am not protesting president obama. i think his policies have...
94
94
Dec 28, 2012
12/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 94
favorite 0
quote 0
he points out to the history of some of these agreements, most notably with ronald reagan in the 1980's and president bush in 1991 in which republicans agreed to spending cuts that never happened while raising taxes. guest: that's right. there's a little confusion about how much spending cuts happened. it's the same sort of formula both sides are pursuing this time. you lock in the tax increases on the front end. then you come back later, six months, nine months, 12 months and find spending cuts in defense programs and set them into law. if you're among republicans is if you reach an agreement now and agree to tax increases, the spending cuts will get undone or never will be followed through on. that's one of the things that has held back talks, because republicans are skeptical that democrats will follow through. host: charles is on the independent line from colorado. caller: good morning, steve. i listened to it the myopic dogma in this segment over and over. the only people i can blame on this are the american people. the people who sit here and listen to these guys that are extrem
he points out to the history of some of these agreements, most notably with ronald reagan in the 1980's and president bush in 1991 in which republicans agreed to spending cuts that never happened while raising taxes. guest: that's right. there's a little confusion about how much spending cuts happened. it's the same sort of formula both sides are pursuing this time. you lock in the tax increases on the front end. then you come back later, six months, nine months, 12 months and find spending...
124
124
Nov 11, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 124
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan winning back in 1984. guest: i am proud to take a little bit of credit for that four at one time being the democratic party chair in california. the republican party is a mirror of the national republican party in the sense that i think they lost track of where the country was moving. republican registration in 63.5% reagan's day was republican. today it is less than 30%. democrats did a good job of registering voters, but the republican party lost all of those people by their extreme right-wing philosophy and policies. host: pete wilson on the issue of immigration. why is that a mirror image? guest: we always had a hard time convincing latinos to vote, to register and to vote. we called them the sleeping giant. the sleeping giant woke up. he will send put an anti- immigration initiative on the ballot. the latino community came alive. a registered. now, they are a power in california and many other states. that is what has been the republican party from behind. when you support comprehensive immigration re
ronald reagan winning back in 1984. guest: i am proud to take a little bit of credit for that four at one time being the democratic party chair in california. the republican party is a mirror of the national republican party in the sense that i think they lost track of where the country was moving. republican registration in 63.5% reagan's day was republican. today it is less than 30%. democrats did a good job of registering voters, but the republican party lost all of those people by their...
165
165
Aug 28, 2012
08/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 165
favorite 0
quote 0
those things, like the 1984 ronald reagan, it defined ronald reagan. we are comfortable with that. last time we checked, he got more votes than george bush did in 2000. 92% of the republican base. he is doing pretty good. i think he is doing fine. he may not doing it in a way you all think is the way to do it, but he is doing it his way, comfortable with that. and that think the message will resonate. people want this country to turn around. they are scared to death. they are afraid of the economic mess in europe will be here, and they want somebody to fix it. it is a clear choice. you have a president who is a nice guy but who cannot fix it, does not have a clue how to fix it. mr. romney -- all of life, taking on tough problems, bringing good people and solving the problems. easy pick, in my mind. you did it over the next 70 days and he will be in great shape in november. >> if mitt romney becomes president, a big reason will be that so many white voters have turned away from barack obama. only a quarter of non-college graduate whys are voting for barack obama -- whites are voting
those things, like the 1984 ronald reagan, it defined ronald reagan. we are comfortable with that. last time we checked, he got more votes than george bush did in 2000. 92% of the republican base. he is doing pretty good. i think he is doing fine. he may not doing it in a way you all think is the way to do it, but he is doing it his way, comfortable with that. and that think the message will resonate. people want this country to turn around. they are scared to death. they are afraid of the...
158
158
Jun 22, 2012
06/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 158
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan, three times. host: the circumstances under which presidents used it very greatly -- vary greatly. guest: some presidents' use it not that often. this is the first time for president obama. president clinton was faced with a number of special prosecuting investigations and congressional investigation that were large scale. he claimed it quite often. host: we invite you to be part of our conversation about executive decision. our phone lines are open. 202-737-0002 for republicans. 202-737-0001 for democrats. 202-628-0205 for independents. you can send us an e-mail or a tweet. guest: we have a relatively recent court decision in the previous administration, a claim of privilege about the skin of u.s. attorneys being fired for partisan reasons. a judge decided that the bush administration had been wrong and they had to enter questions from congress on this. that was a startling departure. host: did it limit the concept of the powers? guest: i would say it was particular to that case. the bush white ho
ronald reagan, three times. host: the circumstances under which presidents used it very greatly -- vary greatly. guest: some presidents' use it not that often. this is the first time for president obama. president clinton was faced with a number of special prosecuting investigations and congressional investigation that were large scale. he claimed it quite often. host: we invite you to be part of our conversation about executive decision. our phone lines are open. 202-737-0002 for republicans....
166
166
Dec 29, 2012
12/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 166
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan, he made a really big push to hold the senate that when he won the white house. and democrats retook the senate that year. he made what his advisors called an unprecedent push to elected vice president. in 1988, bill clinton was president in 1994 when the democrats lost the house of the senate for the first time together in 40 years. and his second term fund raising was driven in part by a few things. one of the more interesting story is it eclipses any president that i've studied. when bill clinton was re-elected, the d.n.c. was in debt. he wanted to try to win back the house in the senate that had been lost for the first time on his watch. he wanted to help elect vice president to the presidency and he wanted to try to elect his wife to the senate. on top >> on top of that, if the impeachment proceedings. he was active on the campaign trail. it could have changed the whole complexion of proceedings on capitol hill. it was remarkable extent to which president clinton dedicated himself to the second term. he did not have to. i imagine president obama will as well
ronald reagan, he made a really big push to hold the senate that when he won the white house. and democrats retook the senate that year. he made what his advisors called an unprecedent push to elected vice president. in 1988, bill clinton was president in 1994 when the democrats lost the house of the senate for the first time together in 40 years. and his second term fund raising was driven in part by a few things. one of the more interesting story is it eclipses any president that i've...
135
135
Oct 19, 2012
10/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 135
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan is going to be remembered for that forever. he had a great sense of humor. host: a comment on twitter. however says a sense of humor is very important. obama often makes me laugh. he has a great delivery. here is what john says -- having a good writers is not the same as having a sense of humor. thank you for all your calls, coming up next we will. campaign 2012 and a foreign- policy. where the candidates stand. and later on jonathon turley of george washington university law school. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ >> i have to be honest with you. i love these debates. these things are great. and i think it is interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda for a second term. do not you think that it is time for him to finally put together a vision of what he will do next four years if he is elected? he has to come up with this over the weekend. there is only one debate left. >> let us recap what we learned last night. his tax plan doesn't add up. jobs.lan doesn't create deficit deduction plan adds to the deficit. everybody here has heard of the n
ronald reagan is going to be remembered for that forever. he had a great sense of humor. host: a comment on twitter. however says a sense of humor is very important. obama often makes me laugh. he has a great delivery. here is what john says -- having a good writers is not the same as having a sense of humor. thank you for all your calls, coming up next we will. campaign 2012 and a foreign- policy. where the candidates stand. and later on jonathon turley of george washington university law...
81
81
Dec 27, 2012
12/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 81
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan said the closest is a to immoralitality government agency. caller: good morning, everybody. do you think capitalism and privatizing is withdrawing the money from the united states? they charge outrageous rates when the government could have maintained the prisoners cheaper. blackwater getting outrageous amounts of money to do things for the government. think that is draining our money. the money% withstood and that is why we are falling off the cliff. guest: it goes on the subject of crony capitalism. that is businesses that are dependent on government contracts. that is not free markets. if people can compete, that's fine. too often these cases are non- bid contracts and you get disasters like solyndra. meritocracy verses cronyism. meritocracy is like a company like apple. if you like them, apple does well. with cronyism, you become politically connected. cronyism is something we have to fight and get real competition and free markets. host: in the book, there are about 50 different taxes that the federal government has currently. accounts r
ronald reagan said the closest is a to immoralitality government agency. caller: good morning, everybody. do you think capitalism and privatizing is withdrawing the money from the united states? they charge outrageous rates when the government could have maintained the prisoners cheaper. blackwater getting outrageous amounts of money to do things for the government. think that is draining our money. the money% withstood and that is why we are falling off the cliff. guest: it goes on the subject...
177
177
Nov 5, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 177
favorite 0
quote 0
if you guys remember, ronald reagan said to trust, but verify. host: we are seeing that the candidates are paying attention to iowa. iowa certainly gets a lot of attention in the primary, but you are also seeing a lot of candidates at this late stage in the game. have you been to any rallies? caller: you bet. i will be there this evening. host: thank you for sharing your perspective. let's go to stewart, virginia. democratic caller, hello. caller: thank you, c-span. i agree with it, as long as it is not closed. that is when it becomes tedious. i would like to say that, to the folks who have a job with corporations, do not let them believe you. they will not know who you vote for. you will keep your job. if they ask, just tell them what they want to hear and vote the way you want. host: when you look at the voting techniques, do you have any concerns about security? the way that things are done? are you confident they your vote will be counted? caller: it is like anything else, it is done on computers, which can shut down and fit -- and failed. i
if you guys remember, ronald reagan said to trust, but verify. host: we are seeing that the candidates are paying attention to iowa. iowa certainly gets a lot of attention in the primary, but you are also seeing a lot of candidates at this late stage in the game. have you been to any rallies? caller: you bet. i will be there this evening. host: thank you for sharing your perspective. let's go to stewart, virginia. democratic caller, hello. caller: thank you, c-span. i agree with it, as long as...
183
183
Oct 11, 2012
10/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 183
favorite 0
quote 0
when ronald reagan got into office, he started regulating everything. before he got out of office, missouri was losing its shoe factories. in 1991, our factory closed and sold as several others. -- and so did several others. these people are not for the american people. they are out for the rich people in this country and i think it is sad when a democrat gets into office, they turn into bullies. they don't want the democrats to get a thing done. i think it is so pathetic. they are getting paid to work for this country and instead they are just a bunch of bullies. host: what about her sentiment? guest: i think vice president joe biden is interested in these issues. one thing he has worked and in the by president say is a task force or a commission -- in the vice presidency is a task force to work on this. these issues about jobs being exported and jobs leaving and about diminished security for the middle-class -- the questions that joe biden has thought a lot about. at a general level, he would be quite comfortable talking about this with paul ryan and
when ronald reagan got into office, he started regulating everything. before he got out of office, missouri was losing its shoe factories. in 1991, our factory closed and sold as several others. -- and so did several others. these people are not for the american people. they are out for the rich people in this country and i think it is sad when a democrat gets into office, they turn into bullies. they don't want the democrats to get a thing done. i think it is so pathetic. they are getting paid...
114
114
Dec 23, 2012
12/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 114
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan was promised two- one spending cuts to taxes. tip o'neill and company law and once again. guest: that is a myth. a good example of that in the post by the writer that talks about pinocchio. it has developed into almost a legend but it was a 121 promise that reagan himself misunderstood. they pretty much got the one-to- one. host: why is assigning blame more important than getting a resolution? that from rick on the twitter page. guest: 4 politicians, assigning blame is part of what they do, that is part of their job description. the need to explain to their constituents why they are supporting some things and not others. if you read most of the people that write about these spending programs and where we're headed in the federal budget, we did not assign blame. we're looking at the long term. over the long term, the only thing to blame would be our correct citizenry and politicians, if we can get our act together to do something about it. host: david is on the democrat's line. pennsylvania. good morning. caller: this is 1981 all
ronald reagan was promised two- one spending cuts to taxes. tip o'neill and company law and once again. guest: that is a myth. a good example of that in the post by the writer that talks about pinocchio. it has developed into almost a legend but it was a 121 promise that reagan himself misunderstood. they pretty much got the one-to- one. host: why is assigning blame more important than getting a resolution? that from rick on the twitter page. guest: 4 politicians, assigning blame is part of...
231
231
Jun 17, 2012
06/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 231
favorite 0
quote 0
host: let's talk about ronned -- ronald reagan for a minute. guest: i don't see constitutional problems with ronald reagan but with richard nixon. you have to call it straight. when a republican president messes around with the constitution, you have to say so and when the democratic president does as obama does now, you have to see that happen. host: fred barns, the real reagan out this morning from "the weekly standard" and inside, he points out this. reagan's own writings, the four elements of the conventional profile that he was uninformed, detached, dependent on advisors and lazy and in his piece, fred barnes points out not only his personal experience in interviews with ronald reagan in the 1980's but a number of books including the reagan diaries. guest: no, i knew reagan pretty well and i sometimes smile when i see these caricatures of him. he was very well informed. a lot of intellectuals think is that if you are smart and well informed, you have to be agonistic. you have to be restless with ideas and sweating and so forth. reagan was
host: let's talk about ronned -- ronald reagan for a minute. guest: i don't see constitutional problems with ronald reagan but with richard nixon. you have to call it straight. when a republican president messes around with the constitution, you have to say so and when the democratic president does as obama does now, you have to see that happen. host: fred barns, the real reagan out this morning from "the weekly standard" and inside, he points out this. reagan's own writings, the four...
123
123
Jan 11, 2012
01/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 123
favorite 0
quote 0
does the country realize ronald reagan borrow more money from the chinese than any u.s. president in history. that is my comment. host: joplin, missouri. mary a democratic calller. caller: i did vote for obama in the last election. i a am disappointed. i agree with the former calller spirit and i agree the one who has the new voice for america and clear and concise vision and to is a true patriot, i believe that is wrong hall. that is who will get my vote in the next election. host: what happens next for him? caller: people are starting to take notice of him. he has true values. i think he will get a greater pulling than people realize. look at the upcoming dates for the primaries. next up south carolina on june 3 21st. florida 10 days later. about a caucuses are february 4. that week in may in the caucuses there. -- in maine. this is taken jidda reports-bit. it shows mitt romney in the lead with 37 percent signed. rick santorum was behind him. ron paul at well. going down to perry and huntsman. a florida poll. san the numbers are changing theire as the race shapes up. t
does the country realize ronald reagan borrow more money from the chinese than any u.s. president in history. that is my comment. host: joplin, missouri. mary a democratic calller. caller: i did vote for obama in the last election. i a am disappointed. i agree with the former calller spirit and i agree the one who has the new voice for america and clear and concise vision and to is a true patriot, i believe that is wrong hall. that is who will get my vote in the next election. host: what...
134
134
Sep 21, 2012
09/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 134
favorite 0
quote 0
caller: i am calling from the home of ronald reagan. he lived right down the street. my question -- no, i have been falling politics. i remember in 2000 when george w. bush became president. we had a $259 billion budget surplus. then the republicans took control of the house and senate. they were talking about, yeah, we're going to give $1.2 trillion in tax cuts. in 2003, i believe it was $1.30 trillion in tax cuts. everybody said, no, do not do it, because you're going to blow a $5.60 trillion hole in the budget. and now, that is one of my questions. also, you said policies that are supposed to be job-related and everybody can see that these bills that you send over, you knew, you your heart that these bills would not be taken up by the democrats because that is the way you wanted it because you are falling right with mitch mcconnell, that you want to make this a one-term president. you need to answer to the american people why, one, did you distribute the wealth from the middle-class, the poor, to the upper class, and we'll look at 1 million galt -- jobs during the
caller: i am calling from the home of ronald reagan. he lived right down the street. my question -- no, i have been falling politics. i remember in 2000 when george w. bush became president. we had a $259 billion budget surplus. then the republicans took control of the house and senate. they were talking about, yeah, we're going to give $1.2 trillion in tax cuts. in 2003, i believe it was $1.30 trillion in tax cuts. everybody said, no, do not do it, because you're going to blow a $5.60 trillion...
193
193
Jan 5, 2012
01/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 193
favorite 0
quote 0
we saw this in 1984 against republican president ronald reagan. we saw that in 1996 against democratic president bill clinton. when the incumbent has no primary challenge and when there's a huge fields on the other party side, so much of the early campaign is an audition for who can be the most vitriolic and most confrontational against the incumbent. that is what we saw here for months. it is one of the reasons why mitt romney stands in the position he does today. as we saw from the exit polls in iowa and i think it's true here, which is, among those that said defeating obama was their number one priority, mitt romney got 41% of the caucus votes. if it is driving the other republicans crazy. we saw newt gingrich yesterday basically explodes at this motif. he said i cannot stand this electability argument about about romney. three out of four people at the caucus said that romney was not acceptable. part of it is a complement to this president. barack obama is extremely good candidates. we saw that on the ground in new hampshire. he is a very deft
we saw this in 1984 against republican president ronald reagan. we saw that in 1996 against democratic president bill clinton. when the incumbent has no primary challenge and when there's a huge fields on the other party side, so much of the early campaign is an audition for who can be the most vitriolic and most confrontational against the incumbent. that is what we saw here for months. it is one of the reasons why mitt romney stands in the position he does today. as we saw from the exit polls...
209
209
Jun 16, 2012
06/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 209
favorite 0
quote 0
when ronald reagan came in, he said after a thorough review, everything in the treaty is fine except the deep seabed mining and we need a revision of that. as the former u.s. ambassador and deputy special represent ative, i wrote him a letter saying that we must revise these provisions on party 11. they work subsequently revised. they met every single one of his conditions, though it took until 1994 to get that full renegotiation imperium we got it. we now have a treaty that in every one of these respects, including the addition of protecting u.s. access to strategic minerals in the deep ocean floor, that is extremely important to the u.s.. host: we formally part of the treaty? guest: we have not yet given -- received consent from the senate. this issue has gone through the senate foreign relations committee and been approved in 2004. it was approved again in 2007. i am very pleased that the senate foreign relations committee is taking it up again. sadly, it was never submitted to a vote in 2004 and 2007. i am very hopeful this time it will be. the u.s. is long overdue in adhering to
when ronald reagan came in, he said after a thorough review, everything in the treaty is fine except the deep seabed mining and we need a revision of that. as the former u.s. ambassador and deputy special represent ative, i wrote him a letter saying that we must revise these provisions on party 11. they work subsequently revised. they met every single one of his conditions, though it took until 1994 to get that full renegotiation imperium we got it. we now have a treaty that in every one of...
186
186
Jul 18, 2012
07/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 186
favorite 0
quote 0
kennedy did, as ronald reagan did, as george w. bush did, and in fact, the bush tax cuts resulted in a 13% increase in revenue. the president knew that. he said that if you keep money in the private sector, it is not the government put the money, it is the people's money. if people keep the money, they could invest, hire more people. i believe tax cuts clearly create jobs, which then increases revenue and the bush tax cuts prove that point. i would be happy to get that information to you. do not hesitate to contact my office a i am telling the truth. host: barbara. south dakota. independent line. caller: good was just curious, e elected as a representative, senator, or congressman, i understand you are part of either the democratic or republican party, but once you are elected, is it not your duty to represent both parties, the democratic and republican, because you are our elected official? is it not your responsibility to look at both sides and take the best pieces from both sides and decide what is went to work best for the peop
kennedy did, as ronald reagan did, as george w. bush did, and in fact, the bush tax cuts resulted in a 13% increase in revenue. the president knew that. he said that if you keep money in the private sector, it is not the government put the money, it is the people's money. if people keep the money, they could invest, hire more people. i believe tax cuts clearly create jobs, which then increases revenue and the bush tax cuts prove that point. i would be happy to get that information to you. do...
129
129
Jun 24, 2012
06/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 129
favorite 0
quote 0
because i'm a conservative like ronald reagan, i believe in immigration. there's a fundamental problem with what some of this caller is saying. i don't think they represent the majority of republicans. fact, if you see all the polling for the american people, democrats and republicans, they favor border security, they also favor legal zation and a robust worker program. the reality is nobody likes to enter illegally. the problem is that we have a market need, a labor market need for foreign workers. in certain sectors of our economy. there are certain jobs that americans don't want to do or frankly jobs where no americans of working age to do it. our society is aging. so we need to find a way to fix the system so people can come here legally. we don't like illegal immigration. i don't think even undocumented immigrants like illegal immigration. guest: i agree with that. guest: so we need to fix the system so people can come in the country to work legally and in a dignified way. but because of the unions a mechanism that would allow for the legal flow of wo
because i'm a conservative like ronald reagan, i believe in immigration. there's a fundamental problem with what some of this caller is saying. i don't think they represent the majority of republicans. fact, if you see all the polling for the american people, democrats and republicans, they favor border security, they also favor legal zation and a robust worker program. the reality is nobody likes to enter illegally. the problem is that we have a market need, a labor market need for foreign...
191
191
Dec 22, 2012
12/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 191
favorite 0
quote 0
under ronald reagan we cut rates to 28%. and under george bush we cut the investment taxes. and every time we cut the tax rates, guess what, the economy boomed and the share of taxes paid by the rich people like the sam waltnd fance and bill gates increased their taxes that they paid. so the argument i would make to my liberal friends is history proves if you want to get taxes out of rich people cut their taxes. there's a famous quote from kennedy who was selling a tax cut i think i can quote this word for word. it is a paradoxcal truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low. and the best way to increase the revenues is to cut the tax rates now. well, that's a pretty profound thing to say. i agree with you. i want the rich to pay more taxes. what i'm saying is get rid of the loopholes, lower the rates and they will. but let's not go back to 09% tax rates. you're going to see er job in america leave. we won't have any jobs left in this country. host: you've got a chapter 2 called how do we create a fair society? which seems to be the question everybody
under ronald reagan we cut rates to 28%. and under george bush we cut the investment taxes. and every time we cut the tax rates, guess what, the economy boomed and the share of taxes paid by the rich people like the sam waltnd fance and bill gates increased their taxes that they paid. so the argument i would make to my liberal friends is history proves if you want to get taxes out of rich people cut their taxes. there's a famous quote from kennedy who was selling a tax cut i think i can quote...
234
234
Aug 3, 2012
08/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 234
favorite 0
quote 0
in 1980 after ronald reagan had been elected and defeated jimmy carter, there was a coming together on the alaska lands bill. that was passed during a lame- duck session in part because the election suggested that this was the best they were going to get on the issue. sometimes elections forced one side to adjust its positions. host: some critics of the senate point to what has become essentially an automatic filibuster and a 60 vote threshold needed for any legislation to move forward. there's been discussion about filibuster reform. bring us up to speed on when the current system became currency? guest: 1975 the filibuster was changed from two thirds to three fifth with the idea it would make it easier to stop a filibuster. what it did was to make it more likely majority leaders would file cloture motions stand minority leaders would look for 41 votes to stop them. that tactic has been increasing steadily, particularly starting in the late-1980s. it has increased to the point where there's a cloture vote on every motion to proceed. 60 votes, started out as a reform, has now become se
in 1980 after ronald reagan had been elected and defeated jimmy carter, there was a coming together on the alaska lands bill. that was passed during a lame- duck session in part because the election suggested that this was the best they were going to get on the issue. sometimes elections forced one side to adjust its positions. host: some critics of the senate point to what has become essentially an automatic filibuster and a 60 vote threshold needed for any legislation to move forward. there's...
168
168
Jun 13, 2012
06/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 168
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan stood for less government, lower taxes, and less spending. he fought for that. the idea that because he did not win every fight that somehow he was not committed to his principles is suggesting that george washington did not want to win the revolutionary war because he lost a battle. bought reagan had a democratic house, a republican senate which did not agree with him. today, the moderate republican party is the party that reagan created. reagan is the voice and the leadership of less taxes, less regulation, more freedom, strong national defense, and less overspending. the idea that reagan would be out of sync of the party molded in his image is to dismiss the last years of american history. host: here is a tweet that was put out by jeb bush yesterday. calls.et some we will keep talking about this. minnesota, good morning. caller: good morning. i am 29 years old with four children. i cannot pay my bills. i think i have a revenue problem. what do you think? thank you. guest: you make the point that washington is spending too much money. obama came into office an
ronald reagan stood for less government, lower taxes, and less spending. he fought for that. the idea that because he did not win every fight that somehow he was not committed to his principles is suggesting that george washington did not want to win the revolutionary war because he lost a battle. bought reagan had a democratic house, a republican senate which did not agree with him. today, the moderate republican party is the party that reagan created. reagan is the voice and the leadership of...
88
88
Nov 13, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 88
favorite 0
quote 0
tip o'neill and ronald reagan got together and saved the program. sometimes you need to adjust to change the thing you care most about. tip o'neill did not sell off the democratic party by embracing that. if we do it in a responsible way that doesn't gut the program, i think the base of the party will understand. the alternative is doing nothing with bad damage to the economy, or the right wing of the republicans coming in and taking over and their answer to the solution would be much more draconian. host: jack in kentucky. caller: i have one question. can you guarantee -- guest: i thought you're going to ask why indiana university and kentucky and not playing basketball this year. for the first time they are now playing and we are rivals. i cannot talk about classified information on tv. things like stinger missiles are very problematic and we do everything we can to keep track of them. muammar gaddafi stockpiles of weapons, surface- to-air missiles and we're doing everything to track those down and secure them. the region was awash in those things
tip o'neill and ronald reagan got together and saved the program. sometimes you need to adjust to change the thing you care most about. tip o'neill did not sell off the democratic party by embracing that. if we do it in a responsible way that doesn't gut the program, i think the base of the party will understand. the alternative is doing nothing with bad damage to the economy, or the right wing of the republicans coming in and taking over and their answer to the solution would be much more...
181
181
Sep 17, 2012
09/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 181
favorite 0
quote 0
reagan called, the phone call was immediately returned. boehner's argument was that he had to put together a congressional deal. he thought it would affect the financial markets. that is his excuse. president said, "why didn't he just call and say, i am working on tit." it was the silence that offended the president and the white house staff. boehner did call and said he was backing out. one of the aids who work with them for years -- one of the aides said he was spewing coals like a furnace in the oval office that day. the worry was the president was so furious when he was on the phone that he would literally break the phone. scott pelley asked if he was in a phone-breaking mood. the president said he was very angry. host: you write about it lack of deference on the democratic side, too. why do you think that is? guest: a lot has to do with harry reid, who goes to a meeting with the president on a sunday night at 6:00 p.m. go to the meeting and you can see what happens. one of the most interesting meetings i've ever reported on. harry rei
reagan called, the phone call was immediately returned. boehner's argument was that he had to put together a congressional deal. he thought it would affect the financial markets. that is his excuse. president said, "why didn't he just call and say, i am working on tit." it was the silence that offended the president and the white house staff. boehner did call and said he was backing out. one of the aids who work with them for years -- one of the aides said he was spewing coals like a...
116
116
Feb 19, 2012
02/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 116
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan, 1984 -- 8.3% unemployment rate headed into reelection. guest: but going down. host: trends matter more than the numbers themselves? guest: so it seems. plus, there is a lot of stuff that happens apple said it has not happened in a long time and never will again. the president being reelected with high unemployment may be one of those things. host: could there be one other issue that steers it? for example, the "new york times" says high gas prices are what republicans will go after this fall, that they should top $4 a gallon. guest: if republicans made use of that, that would make some sense, but i do not think voters are that narrow. depending on who is nominated some of the cultural issues might be a big deal. sad to say, if romney is nominated, for some swing voters in some states, his religion might be an issue. that is not a good thing, but it is possible. host: before we take calls speak to us about job approval ratings and that particular number that gets bandied about. how important is the approval rating at the beginning of the election year? what can
ronald reagan, 1984 -- 8.3% unemployment rate headed into reelection. guest: but going down. host: trends matter more than the numbers themselves? guest: so it seems. plus, there is a lot of stuff that happens apple said it has not happened in a long time and never will again. the president being reelected with high unemployment may be one of those things. host: could there be one other issue that steers it? for example, the "new york times" says high gas prices are what republicans...
167
167
Jan 23, 2012
01/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 167
favorite 0
quote 0
we had a welfare queen created by ronald reagan, newt gingrich decided he would create a stamp queen. that is what he did. the fact of the matter is, nobody wants to be on food stamps. clyburn es yesterday on "washington journal." speaking of money, the speaker to weeded out this yesterday, amazing 24 hours. -- tweeted this -- then the wall street journal had this, mr. romney still holds the financial advantage. the governor plans to raise as much as 10 million ahead of the florida primary. it has created many of the national fund traders -- fund- raisers that worked for rick perry before he dropped out last week. money could be more informed than ever after it appears the republican nominee could be contested for several additional months. in addition to funding television from advertisements, and several expensive media markets, they will need to pay for private air fare to house campaigns around the state. he said over the past 24 hours, 1 million raised. and want to hear from you how your governor is handling the economy. and caller: good morning, and thank you for c-span. and if
we had a welfare queen created by ronald reagan, newt gingrich decided he would create a stamp queen. that is what he did. the fact of the matter is, nobody wants to be on food stamps. clyburn es yesterday on "washington journal." speaking of money, the speaker to weeded out this yesterday, amazing 24 hours. -- tweeted this -- then the wall street journal had this, mr. romney still holds the financial advantage. the governor plans to raise as much as 10 million ahead of the florida...
154
154
Nov 18, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 154
favorite 0
quote 0
bush and before that president ronald reagan. we have to talk about action. with what the president said, it sounded very logical. he said many of the right things. the one challenge i would have for the democrats, which is something that we have to -- they need to come to grips with it as well -- is that when i hear, for example, the president talking about immigration, we tend to talk about it as a onetime situation. we secure the border, and then we take care -- we have a path to legalization. we take care of the kids. we have a dream act. we have done it. that is only half of the job, maybe even less. the big challenge is where do we go from here? are our caps big enough? i will give you an example. in agriculture it takes four months to get a permit to work as a temporary worker because you have to go through agencies and bureaucracy. in for months, your harvest is gone. it does not work for the marketplace. i would like to hear the president talking about where the democrats are also willing to go in the future, and to think about this as an economic, s
bush and before that president ronald reagan. we have to talk about action. with what the president said, it sounded very logical. he said many of the right things. the one challenge i would have for the democrats, which is something that we have to -- they need to come to grips with it as well -- is that when i hear, for example, the president talking about immigration, we tend to talk about it as a onetime situation. we secure the border, and then we take care -- we have a path to...
149
149
Dec 4, 2012
12/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 149
favorite 0
quote 0
reagan did in 1983, changing the nature of social security gradually, so people will not feel it, and we will make it solvent. we were much closer to social security going broke in 1983 that we are today. host: fall river, massachusetts. rose. independent caller. caller: good morning. i have a comment. high pay into medicare. -- ip into medicare. you talk about no cuts, but how come in 2011 i lost my eye benefit and hearing aid benefit? i am paying $93 a month for medicare. i pay 15% of my prescription costs. now it is $11, 43 -- $11.43. guest: we have cut congressional budgets, and that is inappropriate thing to do, and i'm sure we will look -- and that is an appropriate thing to do, and i'm sure we will look at that again. if you look to the total budget in these programs, they do not go down, they go up. we are not spending less. part of that is we are beginning the baby boomers moving into this. nobody has a reform proposal that would threaten any benefits this lady is currently receiving. nobody wants to do that. if we do not do these things, these programs go broke and her benef
reagan did in 1983, changing the nature of social security gradually, so people will not feel it, and we will make it solvent. we were much closer to social security going broke in 1983 that we are today. host: fall river, massachusetts. rose. independent caller. caller: good morning. i have a comment. high pay into medicare. -- ip into medicare. you talk about no cuts, but how come in 2011 i lost my eye benefit and hearing aid benefit? i am paying $93 a month for medicare. i pay 15% of my...
128
128
Feb 7, 2012
02/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 128
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan is the one who started this union-busting business. that was eight years of that. clinton did not help a lot by passing nafta, because he let all the labor laws slide through the cracks in order to get it passed. it has never changed. obama has not done enough to earn the union vote. host: robert, a strong defender of the unions in nashville, tenn.. guest: like i said earlier, and there's a historic context to this. the history of union and organized labour in this country have contributed mightily to the economic prosperity and to the strength of this nation. host: howard on the republican line from marietta, california. go ahead, howard. are you there? we will get back to howard. let's go to emily on the line for democrats from little rock, arkansas. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: i am a first-time caller. i have been watching your show many times. this time, i had to call in. i want to thank you, mr. raul grijalva. i am a flight attendant with a major airline. i've been a flight attendant for approximately 36 years. i'm 63 years old. i've been
ronald reagan is the one who started this union-busting business. that was eight years of that. clinton did not help a lot by passing nafta, because he let all the labor laws slide through the cracks in order to get it passed. it has never changed. obama has not done enough to earn the union vote. host: robert, a strong defender of the unions in nashville, tenn.. guest: like i said earlier, and there's a historic context to this. the history of union and organized labour in this country have...
195
195
Nov 8, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 195
favorite 0
quote 0
as far as social security goes, ronald reagan already raised the age on me. it does not need to be raised again. they need to take the cap off. let people retire at a decent age when the younger people start working. host: let me give this some opinions this morning. the new york times editorial page. we will talk about foreign affairs coming up around 8:45 eastern time when we have a roundtable discussion with two reporters about the president's agenda. also this morning, lots of in the papers about the cliff walk. karl rove had a piece about why he thought the president won. he said -- fred barnes, a conservative also writes -- he will be our guest tomorrow morning to talk about the future of the republican party. tv ratings for election night approached 2008 records. this is from "the new york times." may break it down by networks in case you are interested in that. rebuttal raises questions about his role. one of fox executive one floor up when karl rove questioned why fox was calling ohio for president obama, the team of producers allowed him to say on t
as far as social security goes, ronald reagan already raised the age on me. it does not need to be raised again. they need to take the cap off. let people retire at a decent age when the younger people start working. host: let me give this some opinions this morning. the new york times editorial page. we will talk about foreign affairs coming up around 8:45 eastern time when we have a roundtable discussion with two reporters about the president's agenda. also this morning, lots of in the papers...
130
130
Aug 6, 2012
08/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 130
favorite 0
quote 0
the debt ceiling has never been raised itself -- it has been raised 12 times under ronald reagan. it will be raised under mitt romney if he becomes the president. this is routine. the only difference in the past four years is that we have a black president. you have a bunch of angry white men and all these billionaires -- mitch mcconnell made the statement. what he said was outlined in a book about how they got together on inauguration night when president obama was having his ball, angry, talking about what they could do. host: let's leave it there and go to yuval rosenberg to get a response on both his notion that republicans are to blame and also talk about raising the debt limit and the history of that. guest: i will take the second part first. raising the debt limit, like robert said, was pretty standard. it is only become revolved in what was sought a year ago became ait was -- it will political issue. tea party and other groups, republicans and democrats who won the country to deal with national debt, but the issue is, it was used as a political football for political purpo
the debt ceiling has never been raised itself -- it has been raised 12 times under ronald reagan. it will be raised under mitt romney if he becomes the president. this is routine. the only difference in the past four years is that we have a black president. you have a bunch of angry white men and all these billionaires -- mitch mcconnell made the statement. what he said was outlined in a book about how they got together on inauguration night when president obama was having his ball, angry,...
154
154
Jan 15, 2012
01/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 154
favorite 0
quote 0
a massachusetts moderate who runs away from ronald reagan. clip: i was an independent at the time of reagan-bush. i am not trying to return to reagan-bush. clip: romney chose the democrats. voting for a liberal democrat instead of president george h. w. bush. he raised taxes and offered government health care that funded taxpayer abortions. massachusetts moderate, mitt romney. he will say anything to win. clip: [speaking french] clip: he speaks french as well. and he is still a massachusetts moderate. a massachusetts moderate cannot be barack obama. host: your reaction? guest: one of the interesting things raised in this advertisement is the issue of electability. that seems to be a common attack against mitt romney. that he is too moderate, too similar, even, to president obama. traveling around the state this week, with governor perry, he said -- why would we want to change out someone in the white house with someone who is only a little bit better, in his words. that issue of electability seems to be gaining some traction amongst rival cam
a massachusetts moderate who runs away from ronald reagan. clip: i was an independent at the time of reagan-bush. i am not trying to return to reagan-bush. clip: romney chose the democrats. voting for a liberal democrat instead of president george h. w. bush. he raised taxes and offered government health care that funded taxpayer abortions. massachusetts moderate, mitt romney. he will say anything to win. clip: [speaking french] clip: he speaks french as well. and he is still a massachusetts...
148
148
Jul 14, 2012
07/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 148
favorite 0
quote 0
the polls suggested it was close weeks and days before ronald reagan's landslide victory over jimmy carter. i say that not based on polling but on attitudes you pick up when talking to people. president obama is making a big push to appeal to black voters. if he is having to do that, he has a problem on his hands. i do trust that operation to know what is going on out there. you can criticize them. they make mistakes. they are not delusional. they know what they are dealing with. i think that is why they have been playing such hardball. they have a problem on their hands and note it. i could absolutely see that. i think we could be looking at a large shift in -- shifting one where the other. i think it will end up going against obama. pele are really angry about their. i am alone. no one else seems to think that. host: arlington, texas, democrats line. caller: i want to make three comments. the republican candidate is a very different person. his involvement has made him look very different from the ordinary american. that is the first comment. the second comment is this. he has not define
the polls suggested it was close weeks and days before ronald reagan's landslide victory over jimmy carter. i say that not based on polling but on attitudes you pick up when talking to people. president obama is making a big push to appeal to black voters. if he is having to do that, he has a problem on his hands. i do trust that operation to know what is going on out there. you can criticize them. they make mistakes. they are not delusional. they know what they are dealing with. i think that...
170
170
Sep 10, 2012
09/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 170
favorite 0
quote 0
if they paid the american people -- that is what ronald reagan started, contractors. airports hiring their own people, screening them, turning them on the job. that is what america's all about, contractors. contractors is the problem, mr.. goodbye. host: contractors is the problem -- what we talked about earlier . there are democrats who criticized contacting security because they think profit would be the problem. the assault rationale -- was the whole rationale after 9/11. host: how much a role does the tsa have after the plane leaves the ground? guest: the air marshals are basically the cops of tsa. they don't really have law enforcement capability. what they do have is a sort of authority to detain you until law enforcement can come there and take over. air marshals are kind of like the police force of tsa. interestingly, the concept of the pilot with the flight crew being -- or the flight crew being deputized does happen. there is an affordable program when you look at how much -- only $25 million or so per year. it trains a pilot or another crewmember basically
if they paid the american people -- that is what ronald reagan started, contractors. airports hiring their own people, screening them, turning them on the job. that is what america's all about, contractors. contractors is the problem, mr.. goodbye. host: contractors is the problem -- what we talked about earlier . there are democrats who criticized contacting security because they think profit would be the problem. the assault rationale -- was the whole rationale after 9/11. host: how much a...
217
217
Aug 8, 2012
08/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 217
favorite 0
quote 0
i believe the way we could get revenues in is the way that ronald reagan did by growing the economy and incentivizing work and risk taking and business creation to create a bigger pool of money. lot during this recession andtse wht working and businesses are not making profits, there is not a lot to tax. host: jody on twitter wants to talk about tax rates -- guest: when tax rates go up, you stifle economic activity. the easiest way to explain if you tax something at 100%, you are not going to get anything done. when you reduce the tax rates, what you do is incentivize people to work harder and take risks. the lower the capital gains tax rate, the more likely people are to invest in new equipment. if you keep raising the tax rate, people will say it is not worth it because the government takes a huge share of whatever i make. i am not suggesting that people are cheating but i am saying that high tax rates -- we are living in a global economy. we have a high corporate tax rate. we have a high tax rate on investment. if you do that, you will incentivize people not to invest in the u.s., bu
i believe the way we could get revenues in is the way that ronald reagan did by growing the economy and incentivizing work and risk taking and business creation to create a bigger pool of money. lot during this recession andtse wht working and businesses are not making profits, there is not a lot to tax. host: jody on twitter wants to talk about tax rates -- guest: when tax rates go up, you stifle economic activity. the easiest way to explain if you tax something at 100%, you are not going to...
168
168
Mar 12, 2012
03/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 168
favorite 0
quote 0
they held all the way to the election when ronald reagan was elected. then they let the prisoners go. face. in the democrats' this in the seat now will be in the same predicament with the shiite controlled government has backed iran. host: i will leave it there and get a response from missy ruan. guest: it is also a coalition government with sunni members. the vice president has been charged with running death squads. there is -- it illustrates the lingering sectarian tension, as the tension within iraq -- ethnic tension within iraq and the government. no one can predict what the security threats might be for american personnel within the embassy. the government goes to great lengths to do as much as they can to keep the diplomats say. part of what they do is prohibit the diplomats from leaving the compound much. in some ways, that makes it a challenging assignment. that is what i hear from people who serve there. chuck, ans hear from independent caller from new york. caller: i want to ask her if she really thinks an embassy like this is needed. 95% of
they held all the way to the election when ronald reagan was elected. then they let the prisoners go. face. in the democrats' this in the seat now will be in the same predicament with the shiite controlled government has backed iran. host: i will leave it there and get a response from missy ruan. guest: it is also a coalition government with sunni members. the vice president has been charged with running death squads. there is -- it illustrates the lingering sectarian tension, as the tension...
99
99
Dec 13, 2012
12/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
in 1982 they said ronald reagan let's raise taxes and we will cut spending. they raised taxes and spending did not go down. it went up. then they went to bush eight years later, who learned nothing from reagan, and they said we will give you $2 of imaginary spending cuts for every dollar tax increase why not offer them $10 in imaginary, since it is all imaginary? he was offered $2. spending went up and not down. so we have played this game before. politicians who want to spend more money say we will cut spending in return for tax increases. they take the tax increases. because of that, you have to get to spending restraint. the 50 states have made a commitment not to raise taxes. those states that don't raise taxes, texas, florida, reform government. those states where taxes are on the table, maryland keeps raising taxes and spending like crazy. illinois keeps raising taxes instead of reforming government. california just decided to raise taxes instead of reforming their pension system. so the states are divided into those states that don't raise taxes and ar
in 1982 they said ronald reagan let's raise taxes and we will cut spending. they raised taxes and spending did not go down. it went up. then they went to bush eight years later, who learned nothing from reagan, and they said we will give you $2 of imaginary spending cuts for every dollar tax increase why not offer them $10 in imaginary, since it is all imaginary? he was offered $2. spending went up and not down. so we have played this game before. politicians who want to spend more money say we...
154
154
Aug 13, 2012
08/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 154
favorite 0
quote 0
caller: one question i have to ask, both candidates, back in 1980, ronald reagan gave out high-tech billions of dollars of weapons to fight russia. and today we are fighting al qaeda. what is going to happen 10 years from now when a president has to make a decision on whether to give money to health care or weapons and food to afghanistan and a rack. host: get us to the question. caller: that is what i would like to ask the candidates and that is what i would like to ask one of the representatives from your show. host: ok. thank you. they call on the independent line. which would you trust more? caller: i do not trust the republicans at all. obama had a guy up there and all he could say was his main goal was to make this present a one- term president. obama put out all kinds of things. a i really believed the man would try to work with republicans, but they sat on their hands the whole time. if he wanted it, they didn't. even stuff they had put out before that they wanted to do, they were all against. the congress and the house of representatives under republicans is about the worst thing th
caller: one question i have to ask, both candidates, back in 1980, ronald reagan gave out high-tech billions of dollars of weapons to fight russia. and today we are fighting al qaeda. what is going to happen 10 years from now when a president has to make a decision on whether to give money to health care or weapons and food to afghanistan and a rack. host: get us to the question. caller: that is what i would like to ask the candidates and that is what i would like to ask one of the...
118
118
May 23, 2012
05/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 118
favorite 0
quote 0
you would not support ronald reagan today if he was running for congress today. the reality is people vote for you to do something good for the country, not to go against the other party. your principles are not important to me. the country comes first. that is what you as a politician do, what is good for the country, not just stand and attack. guest: again, we try to focus on the facts. i agree that elected officials should do what is good for the country. i would ask how good is our country doing. our debt keeps going up. you can compensate. we think that policy matters, who serves matters. if you want better policies, we have to elect better people. we are pro-economic growth. our job is to promote pro-growth policies. people that will vote a pro- growth agenda that will -- if they serve in congress. new jersey. john, independent line. caller: the tea party is an extreme of the american -- it is time for an independent candidate to step up and to get rid of this two-party system. the democrats and republicans have been given their chances to make our country
you would not support ronald reagan today if he was running for congress today. the reality is people vote for you to do something good for the country, not to go against the other party. your principles are not important to me. the country comes first. that is what you as a politician do, what is good for the country, not just stand and attack. guest: again, we try to focus on the facts. i agree that elected officials should do what is good for the country. i would ask how good is our country...
109
109
Oct 17, 2012
10/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 109
favorite 0
quote 0
i remember that ronald reagan took the surplus from social security and used it for other things. i kind of blame ronald reagan or the republicans for the lack of funds in the social security fund. it took two presidents, partially clinton and all of george bush's terms to catch bin laden. and he does not get any credit for taking care of our policy and terrorism. governor romney was talking about capital gains. for middle-class people, how often do they have enough money or investments to take advantage of any tax decrease in capital gains? that is all for the wealthy people, which i see mitt romney as a wealthy client who pays less taxes than me and makes more money than i will ever see in a lifetime. host: the candidates have been through your city many times. have you been to a rally for president obama? caller: i was at one rally and it was raining that day. it was love to stand out there in that rally, but i did it anyway. -- it was rough. host: what was the security like and how early did you have to go? caller: i did not see any incidents and security was not bad. you had
i remember that ronald reagan took the surplus from social security and used it for other things. i kind of blame ronald reagan or the republicans for the lack of funds in the social security fund. it took two presidents, partially clinton and all of george bush's terms to catch bin laden. and he does not get any credit for taking care of our policy and terrorism. governor romney was talking about capital gains. for middle-class people, how often do they have enough money or investments to take...
153
153
Jul 9, 2012
07/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 153
favorite 0
quote 0
it was shoved down raying raying's throat by -- ronald reagan's throat by 75% of congress it took millions off the income tax rolls but it put tens of millions on the payroll tax rolls. there are 50 different kinds of taxes. we don't even know what marginal tax rights are. a good gentleman that knew something say it used to be 70% tax on the rich. no one has ever paid 70%. they might have paid 70% of their last $1,000 and paid 10% on everything. the ignorance of the americans, about simple tax reform, is very disturbing. that's a great idea the last lady had about congress. that we could get the expenses of the big shots down just for their fringe benefits. it would be tens of billions a year just with congress alone. host: diane writes to us on twitter -- rather, dianna, and says the president is pushing the extension for one year only. after that, look out. republicans are pushing to make it permanent. edwin says personally, i think the bush tax cuts should be allowed to run out and not be renewed. this is a political stunt for both parties, and i'm tired of the fighting over it. terry r
it was shoved down raying raying's throat by -- ronald reagan's throat by 75% of congress it took millions off the income tax rolls but it put tens of millions on the payroll tax rolls. there are 50 different kinds of taxes. we don't even know what marginal tax rights are. a good gentleman that knew something say it used to be 70% tax on the rich. no one has ever paid 70%. they might have paid 70% of their last $1,000 and paid 10% on everything. the ignorance of the americans, about simple tax...
92
92
Oct 31, 2012
10/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 92
favorite 0
quote 0
what did you get for the gun issues from george bush, ronald reagan, there administrations of the congress? they cannot tell me. ditto abortion issues. ditto gay rights. there does not appear to be any better relations -- legislation that the federal level but i am aware of or that they are aware of. uhost: we will leave it there and go to victoria, a republican. caller: my thoughts are real quick, we have the right to bear arms number-one. number two, my vote lies solely on obama care. i am 56. i am getting ready to retire. i do not want to pay for birth control. the ladies who make money can go down to planned parenthood and pay $20 for it. why should i pay for their birth control? it is against my faith. i have the freedom of religion and plan to exercise that by voting for romney. host: kathy sullivan. guest: in the first place, no one is proposing that taxpayers pay for someone's birth control. the issue is whether or not the employer has the right to discriminate against certain types of prescriptions, specifically birth control. this is a law we have had in new hampshire for several
what did you get for the gun issues from george bush, ronald reagan, there administrations of the congress? they cannot tell me. ditto abortion issues. ditto gay rights. there does not appear to be any better relations -- legislation that the federal level but i am aware of or that they are aware of. uhost: we will leave it there and go to victoria, a republican. caller: my thoughts are real quick, we have the right to bear arms number-one. number two, my vote lies solely on obama care. i am...
119
119
Nov 16, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 119
favorite 0
quote 0
it should have never been left -- you can thank ronald reagan and margaret thatcher for doing it. host: this morning, jodie writes in on twitter, the b.p. disaster was made by bip it. there were safety regulars that were ignored. they know what they were doing before it blew up. we'll go to chad now from farmington, new mexico on the republican line. chad, thanks for calling. caller: yeah, thanks for having me. love what you guys have going on. sorry to say but i am a republican. i just had a question, since they already gave you the projected numbers for what they plan on spending everything on, does that show that they just don't plan on giving anybody, any people that were actually affected any money at all? host: what do you mean by that? caller: like, since they already gave the projected numbers of how much money they're spending on each individual group that they gave money to, do they plan on those groups giving the money to the people that actually were affected by it? host: i'll point you back to the "new york times" graphic on this. b.p. has set aside $42 billion to cov
it should have never been left -- you can thank ronald reagan and margaret thatcher for doing it. host: this morning, jodie writes in on twitter, the b.p. disaster was made by bip it. there were safety regulars that were ignored. they know what they were doing before it blew up. we'll go to chad now from farmington, new mexico on the republican line. chad, thanks for calling. caller: yeah, thanks for having me. love what you guys have going on. sorry to say but i am a republican. i just had a...
164
164
Jun 21, 2012
06/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 164
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan, three time. host: next call comes from a republican in alabama, brenda. you are on the "washington journal." what do think of the president invoked executive privilege? caller: if they considered all the pages, and the committee would keep this information that is national security issue private and not release it to the public, but the committee consider all these issues, i did not understand why the documents could not be released. at least the public would accept that we've gotten to the bottom of it and we know all the information that is possible to be known. that is my question. host: we want to show you the front of the "chicago tribune." linda from mississippi. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i believe this is a political witch hunt and the reason why congress has a 9% approval. i don't believe they should release these documents. they do not belong in the hands of congress. i am proud of president obama for taking this stance on this situation. it shows that he has it and he is ready for another four more years. >> gail from new jerse
ronald reagan, three time. host: next call comes from a republican in alabama, brenda. you are on the "washington journal." what do think of the president invoked executive privilege? caller: if they considered all the pages, and the committee would keep this information that is national security issue private and not release it to the public, but the committee consider all these issues, i did not understand why the documents could not be released. at least the public would accept...
99
99
Aug 9, 2012
08/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
my point was if you raise the marginal rates to a high number like before ronald reagan, they just hired more cpa's and lawyers and find ways to avoid taxes. that is a natural edge human reaction. on the janitor issue, my younger daughter worked as a janitor and a first baptist church in georgia. it was her first job and she went in and clean the church and the restaurant and did everything and she got paid. she was glad she had the job. she was in junior high and they -- it gave her some money to go to things and taught her healthy habits. you have to show up. both of my children were all the way through high school and college and the boat learned terrific lessons. they have their own businesses and there were very successful. i talk to people who are extraordinarily successful who started at 14 years of age and got paid for it. my point was if you could have an opportunity and people who did exactly what i described, you have an opportunity in the poorest neighborhoods in america to pay kids to do some work or they work in the school library or the cafeteria, they help mop the floors,
my point was if you raise the marginal rates to a high number like before ronald reagan, they just hired more cpa's and lawyers and find ways to avoid taxes. that is a natural edge human reaction. on the janitor issue, my younger daughter worked as a janitor and a first baptist church in georgia. it was her first job and she went in and clean the church and the restaurant and did everything and she got paid. she was glad she had the job. she was in junior high and they -- it gave her some money...
141
141
Nov 14, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 141
favorite 0
quote 0
reagan, the outsourcing of our jobs. there are a lot of people trying to live and $10 an hour while they are getting social security, medicare, taking out of their money, and then they are told by people like paul ryan and mitt romney that that is an entitlement. to me, that is like more of a ponzi scheme if they take that away. getting back to the elephant in the room, until we start talking about structurally change in this country beyond fighting over taxes -- you can fight over moving around the chairs on the titanic, but what really needs to be done is we need to repeal the trade agreement, look at taxing goods from china, and we need to get jobs back into this country, manufacturing jobs with wages people can live on and pressure for wages to go up. right now, the pressure is for wages to go down. you are fighting over what is less of the money coming in. host: let's go to the congressman. guest: this is an important issue that was fought over in the campaign. we need to support manufacturing in this country. i com
reagan, the outsourcing of our jobs. there are a lot of people trying to live and $10 an hour while they are getting social security, medicare, taking out of their money, and then they are told by people like paul ryan and mitt romney that that is an entitlement. to me, that is like more of a ponzi scheme if they take that away. getting back to the elephant in the room, until we start talking about structurally change in this country beyond fighting over taxes -- you can fight over moving...
136
136
Feb 29, 2012
02/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 136
favorite 0
quote 0
reagan saying he knew diplomacy and development policies neutralize threats before they become crises. secretary of state hillary clinton will be on capitol hill today testifying about the budget issues for the state department. look for our coverage on cspan 3 at about 1:30 p.m. today. she will be before the house foreign affairs committee. ion iran, here is the " the new york times front page" -- then from "the wall street journal" -- also on the situation in syria -- a probably are yesterday that hillary clinton suggested during a senate hearing that president assad could be considered a war criminal for his crackdown in syria. a reminder to you that sunday is election day in russia. vladimir putin is seeking to resume his position there where he served as president from 2000-2008. caller: i like mitt romney winning any will probably lose a few states but i want to say that i label myself having been made reagan democrat and a hillary democrat but after the 2008 primary, i voted for john mccain and i am leaning on mitt romney right now. i believe that probably 50% of the hillary vo
reagan saying he knew diplomacy and development policies neutralize threats before they become crises. secretary of state hillary clinton will be on capitol hill today testifying about the budget issues for the state department. look for our coverage on cspan 3 at about 1:30 p.m. today. she will be before the house foreign affairs committee. ion iran, here is the " the new york times front page" -- then from "the wall street journal" -- also on the situation in syria -- a...
201
201
Dec 25, 2012
12/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 201
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan was belittled and demeaned in his time. president obama is experiencing a high level of anger from a lot of people especially on the far right. the other day he said with regard to the fiscal cliff, you guys have to look at what's best for the country. i thought he is speaking to the issue of people who don't like him. it surprised me the response from people on the far right -- obama is so egotistical and he has become so arrogant that he thinks it is about him. yes, some people are constantly deriding this guy and have a personal. i did not think it was inappropriate for him to pointed out. host: dependent line, arlington, texas -- caller: white isn't anybody pointing out the social security problem we have is that democrats and republicans have both spent all the money that was supposed to be allocated to it. that is part of our debt but all of the politicians have spent all that money including the president, of course. nobody really brings that up. secondly, on the budget, why doesn't anybody really give the facts abou
ronald reagan was belittled and demeaned in his time. president obama is experiencing a high level of anger from a lot of people especially on the far right. the other day he said with regard to the fiscal cliff, you guys have to look at what's best for the country. i thought he is speaking to the issue of people who don't like him. it surprised me the response from people on the far right -- obama is so egotistical and he has become so arrogant that he thinks it is about him. yes, some people...
180
180
Nov 9, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 180
favorite 0
quote 0
reagan. that again is "bloomberg businessweek." we want to bring you now to president obama himself in his victory speech on tuesday night talking a little bit about his own agenda. [video clip] >> you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. a in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. reducing our deficit, reforming our tax code, fixing the immigration system, we have more work to do. host: president of, say in on tuesday, we have more work to do. already getting comments on the facebook page. folks writing and what they would like to see. nancy writes -- we want to hear from you. the phone lines are open. what do you want the president to address in his second term. we want to turn a little bit to the unfinished business from tuesday night and wednesday morning with lauren. thank you for joining us. can you give us an update on the outstanding races that have not been ca
reagan. that again is "bloomberg businessweek." we want to bring you now to president obama himself in his victory speech on tuesday night talking a little bit about his own agenda. [video clip] >> you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. a in the coming weeks and months, i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. reducing our deficit, reforming our tax code, fixing the immigration...
108
108
Dec 20, 2012
12/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 108
favorite 0
quote 0
reagan. the good news is there is already a growing consensus for us to build from. the majority of american support beginning the sale of military- style assault weapons. the majority of americans support banning the sale of high-capacity ammunition clips. the majority of americans support walls where acquiring background checks before all purchases so that criminals cannot take advantage of legal loopholes to buy a gun from somebody who will not take the responsibility of doing a background check at all. i urge the new congress to hold books on these measures in a timely manner. host: david ingram, how much teeth with this task force have? guest: it is made up of the vice-president and i think for cabinet members, so they have power themselves. this is not a group of unelected out of office people that are retired and doing this for fun. this is their job. together they could potentially come up with other things to do on an executive level without any loss from congress, but it sounds like
reagan. the good news is there is already a growing consensus for us to build from. the majority of american support beginning the sale of military- style assault weapons. the majority of americans support banning the sale of high-capacity ammunition clips. the majority of americans support walls where acquiring background checks before all purchases so that criminals cannot take advantage of legal loopholes to buy a gun from somebody who will not take the responsibility of doing a background...
146
146
Nov 12, 2012
11/12
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 146
favorite 0
quote 0
ronald reagan sent over 200 marines to their death and there was no public outrage. where is the republican outrage? only because of obama do we get this kind of reaction. thank you. host: edward, from miami, florida, this morning. another editorial, from being west, former infantryman. host: that is from the former assistant secretary of defense. we're taking your calls on this issue. b.j., good morning. caller: good morning. my question is, who is joe kelly? why would brought well be sending her threatening e-mails? -- broadwell be sending her a threat in e-mails? host: do you think the senate needs to hold a hearing on this? caller: absolutely. i look forward to his testimony under oath this time, rather than giving the cock and bull story from before. it is all because of the video tape. now he cannot be blackmailed by anyone. host: joe kelly is described as a 37-year-old social liaison at the air force base in tampa. host: did he have an affair with her? is that when he was so upset? -- caller: did he have an affair with her? is that why he was so upset? host: d
ronald reagan sent over 200 marines to their death and there was no public outrage. where is the republican outrage? only because of obama do we get this kind of reaction. thank you. host: edward, from miami, florida, this morning. another editorial, from being west, former infantryman. host: that is from the former assistant secretary of defense. we're taking your calls on this issue. b.j., good morning. caller: good morning. my question is, who is joe kelly? why would brought well be sending...